Butter for grain-binders.



No. 635,967. Patented Oct. 3|, I899. J. E. MUSTARD. BUTTER FOR GRAINBINDEB S.

(Application filed June 7, 1898.)

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WITNESSES UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. MUSTARD, OF GLEN HALL, INDIANA.

BUTTER FOR GRAIN-BINDERS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 635,967, dated October 31, 1899.

Application filed June 7, 1898. Serial No. 682,825. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES IVIUSTARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glen Hall, in the county of Tippecanoe and State of Indiana,have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Butters forGrain-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

In self-binding reaping-machines it is necessary, in order that thebundles shall be tied at the proper point, at or near the centersthereof,notwithstanding that the straws of the grain are of differentlengths, that a device or apparatus known as a butter shall beemployed,which device consists, generally speaking, of a swinging plateadapted to be moved in and out over one side of-the deck of the binderand which serves to guide the buttends of the grain-straws to apredetermined point a certain distance from the binding mechanism. Withshorter grain-straws this plate is moved farther in, nearer the centerof the deck and binding mechanism, and with long grain-straws is movedfarther out, nearer the margin of the deck. Such a butter isnecessarilyprovided with means for causing the butt-ends of the grain-straws tomove along its surface and progress down the deck as rapidly as do thetops, as in the absence of such mechanism the inclined surface of theplate would retard the grain-straws and throw them out of line.

My present invention relates mainly to this straw-butt-propellin gmechanism, the means of operating the same, and its relation to theaxial line of the supports for the butter,whereby it is permitted itsswinging movement.

An apparatus embodying my said invention will be first fully describedand the novel features thereof then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof andon which similar letters and numerals of reference indicate similarparts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a self-binding reaping-machineprovided with a straw-butter embodying my present invention; Fig- 2, aside elevation of such a butter and the adjacent portions of theselfbinding reaping-machine; Fig. 3, atop or plan view of the partsshown in Fig. 2 as seen from the dotted line 33 in Fig. 2, theoverhanging top plate or shield of the butter being removed toshow theparts beneath; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the butter on an enlargedscale; Fig.

'5, a horizontal sectional view of thesame as seen from the dotted line5 5 in Fig. 4:, and Fig. 6 a view of the inner side of the butter andadjacent parts as seen when the machine is turned around from the dottedline 6 Bin Fig. 3. i

The machine shown in Fig. 1 and partially in Figs..2, 3, and6 is,generally speaking, a self-binding reaping-machine of a well-known type.This machine, except the butter and its operating mechanism, which forma part thereof, is not of my present invention, and therefore will notbe further described herein except incidentally and so far as appearsnecessary to give a clear understanding of my said invention. It isprovided with the usual elevator-belts or raddles E E, by which thegrain is conveyed from the platform, where it is deposited after beingcut, up to the deck D of the machine, where it is bound into bundles.One of the rollers R which carry the belt E has a bevel-pinion 19 uponits end, which engages with a corresponding pinion 1 on the shaft whichdrives the butter mechanism. This shaft 2 is mounted in a sleeve-likebearing 3, which latter is secured in any appropriate manner to theframe F of the selfbinding reaping-machine, at the upper part thereof,near the end of the shaft of the roll B. This bearing is shown as havingan arm 4, and a rod or bar 5 is mounted in this arm and in an ear 6,which ear is also carried by the frame of the machine. Said rod or bar 5is bent over and extends back and thence downwardly, so that its extremeend is in line with the shaft 2, but above and free from the said shaft,as best shown in Fig. 4.

The main plate P of the butter has two arms 7 and 8, one of which ispivoted upon the shaft 2 and the other upon the portion of the rod whichis in linewith said shaft. By this arrangement it will be seen that asthis main plate is adjusted back and forth on the deck D its relation tothe shaft 2 is not changed, the axial lines of said shaft and of itssupports being coincident.

The main plate P carries any required number of pivoted devices adaptedto force the butt-s of the straw down along its face, which devices Ihave denominated kickers. I

,have shown in the present instance three of these kickers 9, 10, and11. These kickers are mounted upon pivots 12, 13, and 14, respectively,in suitable bearing-bars 15 and 16, secured to the outer side of themain plate P. The kicker 9 has an arm 17 extending out from thepivot-point, and a pitman 18 connects this arm to the crank on the upperend of the shaft 2. It is obvious, therefore, that as the shaft 2revolves, the arm 17, and through it the kicker 9, will be rocked on thepivot 12 and the point of said kicker projected through the orificeprovided therefor in the plate P to the inside of said plate, so as tomove above and-over the deck D of the reapingmachine. A connecting-rodconnects the arm 17 to an arm 20 on the kicker 10, and a correspondingconnecting-rod 21 connects said arm 17 to an arm 22 on the kicker 11. Aswill be observed, the arm 20 extends in the opposite direction from thearms 17 and 22, so that as the kickers 9 and 11 are projected the kicker10 is withdrawn, and vice versa. Any desired number of these kickerscan. be employed by making similar or suitable connections. As will benoticed by an inspection of the drawings, especially Fig. 5, the form ofthese kickers is such that they are not only adapted to force the buttsof the grain somewhat away from the inner surface of the main plate P ofthe butter, but also to move it down the face of said plate and down thedeck D toward the point where the grain is discharged from the machine.

As will be seen especially by an examination of Figs. 2 and S, thebutter is enabled to be given any desired position by means of a handle23, which is pivoted to the main plate P and is adapted to engage with asuitable (preferably forked) detent 24 on a cross-bar Z) on the machine,the bar 23 being notched or serrated, as shown in Fig. 2, for thepurpose of conveniently securing it at such point as may be desired.

The hood H, which is usually provided in machines of this characterabove the deck D, is cut away somewhat, as best shown in Fig. 3, inorder to give the butter room for movement, and this is compensated forin the apparatus shown by a shield S, attached to the upper side of themain plate P and which extends over the edge of said hood.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a grain-binder, of a butter comprising a pivotedmain plate adapted to swing over the deck of the machine and havingsuitable perforations therethrough, kickers pivoted on the outside ofsaid plate and adapted to operate through said perforations, acrank-shaft for operating said kickers, suitable connections betweensaid crankshaft and kickers, said crank-shaft being journaled in abearing on the side of the frame, and geared to a driving-shaft, andsaid swinging plate being hinged at one side on said shaft and at itsother side on a pivot secured on the frame in line with said shaft, allsubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a self-binding reaping-machine, of a buttercomposed of a pivoted main plate adapted to swing over the deck of themachine and a series of kickers pivoted in suitable bearings 0n theouter side of said main plate with their operating ends extendingthrough suitable orifices in said plate, a crank-shaft, a pitmanextending from said crank-shaft, arms on the kickers and connecting-rodsconnecting the several arms, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in abutter for a grainbinder, of a series of kickerspivotally mounted on the main plate of said butter with their operativeends extending through perforations in said main plate, pivots to saidkickers carried by suitable bearings upon the outside of said mainplate, arms 011 each of said kickers, said arms extending alternately indifferent directions, connecting-rods connecting said several arms, andmechanism whereby the whole is simultaneously put in motion, saidseveral kickers being thereby operated to move oppositely or indifferent directions from each other, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Glen Hall,Indiana, this 1st day of June, A. D. 1898.

JAMES E. MUSTARD.

Witnesses:

WALTER J. JONES, W. B. FORESMAN.

